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You can mountain bike to Lower Lena. And the ride down after the climb is

The couloir was totally dry. This was before the big storms came through in April, so the conditions now may, or may not be similar. Generally, the south couloir is preferable in early season when it is snow-filled. Later in the summer it becomes a rubble-fest.

I don't actually think Cheney will/would run either. But the premise here is the impeachment of GWB. As I've said before, I think John McCain is the next president of the USA....and a good choice to restore balance coming off of the Clinton and Bush eras.

Climbed Curtis Gilbert with my then-14 year old son a couple years ago from Cispus. Bypass camp is a beautiful campsite and an easy afternoon 1 1/2 hour hike from the car. The old trail from Cispus Pass to Klickton divide has been intentionally obliterated as it lies in the Yakima Reservation. Old remnants seem to appear out of nowhere. Some 3rd class scrambling for 1000 vertical feet is required to get up onto the divide, but from there it is an easy hike up the sand covered divide to the summit rocks. 3rd or easy 4th up the final 200 feet. The distance covered on this day - out and back - is substantial. I agree with the person here who said it is probably easier from Surprise/Warm Lake.

Listen to yourselves! :masturbating graemlins: Bush isn't going to be impeached or removed from office. And even if he were, Cheyney would actually be a better president from my perspective. This would set him up nicely for a run in 2008. Careful what you wish for, losers. FYI: I think re-runs of The West Wing are airing on Sunday nights. Martin Sheen might be a suitable and therapeutic distraction for all y'all.

Man's life before marriage: Man's life after marriage:

My apologies. Given what has been going on down at Mount Hood, I was suspicious. Thanks for the insight. I'll dig through my pictures to see if I can help. Brian

Mark, Exactly what is the purpose of the study? Forgive me, but if you're looking for pictures of crowding, I remain suspicious of your motives despite your claims to the contrary. If, as they say, 'a picture is worth a thousand words', then your claims that the pictures provided won't be used to call for restrictions are, again, suspect. If this request is simply for a master's thesis, then forgive me. But if you're working for one of the local or national environmental groups who are constantly looking to impose their interpretation of the solitude provisions of The Wilderness Act, I would encourage folks here to abstain from participation in your project. Can you give any more info?

Hiroshima today: Don't worry, CBS. Civilization would continue to march on - post catbird - as it always has.

My son and I are doing a circumnavigation and climb of Mount Adams during the third week in July, but if the weather isn't good on the west side I figured I would hedge our plans with a permit for The Enchantments. 25 years of hiking and climbing and I've never been to The Enchantments. I just sent my permit application off in the mail for a party of two. Four mid-week-only dates in July w/alternates. Do I have a #*%ing prayer of getting this permit? What are our chances in the daily lottery if we are denied reservations? Will the daily lottery get us in for all four days? Thanks!

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The soot from bio-diesel has been implicated in glacial recession in places as remote as Greenland.

WTF? They don't have internet access in Nevada? Oh well, hope a couple years in a 'red state' will bring you back to your senses.

I agree; it's a bad thing to waste tax $$$. But I love to see land managers squirm about their precious Wilderness Act (and the ridiculous 'mechanized' provisions therein) when it butts heads with the ADA. I really like that snowpod. The guy engineered it himself, I read? Is it getting any use now? The guy must have had some freaking incredible upper body stregnth.

jmace. What the fuck are you talking about? Are you just pretending to be a complete moron? Actually, I was hoping the gravity this weekend at Squamish would act on your scrawny form in a bad way. Just run along, pest, before someone drops a house on you.

The most convoluted and bizarre comment of the week. Better go back and read what comrade Prole is writing. You are both attempting to have your cake...and eat it too. Prole: What are your thoughts on Hugo Chavez?

You forgot "mass starvation", "forced labor", and "wholesale slaughter". Ahhh yes. The old "we haven't done it right yet" lie. So how many more millions of innocents must die? How thorougly should the spirit of individuality be crushed before 'true' communists finally get it right? How many more chances do they need? And are you really saying that outside capitalist military/economic aggression is the reason attempts have, so far, failed? Former USSR? China? Cuba? N Korea? How are/were workers faring in these places? Of course, you're talking about the western left, and I would have to say that some of the pressures they have put on rampant, unchecked capitalism have been just. You mean other than unprecedented economic prosperity, employment, and a place where scientific innovation can be properly rewarded? ...And how do you explain China's somewhat successful flirtation with capitalism? Too bad you can't show examples where this is so on a national scale. Your attempts to separate Marxism from its experiments-to-date are dangerous. I asked in the previous post if you were an adherent, or were merely using marxism for your example. I think I have my answer. I see you reside in Bellingham. Forgive me, but I sincerely hope you're not in a position to influence young minds at WWU.

Is he the guy who spent two years trying to get the NPS to approve the use of his "snopod" because of Wilderness Act bureaucratic inflexibility, and was so pissed off about it he forced the NPS to build a wheelchair accessible toilet at Muir? If so, I give him

Gobblers Knob.

I believe I understand that you are espousing Marxism only as a tool for understanding societal class structure and not as an ideal in and of itself. Am I correct? If not, I'm sure you understand the violent hurdles that the attempted implementation of a communist system here in the USA would face from my side of the political spectrum.....and probably from the liberal side as well. For those who harbor such utopian dreams in our free country, I have a suggestion: Make no attempt to impose them on me. "Better dead than red" isn't just a redneck rant.

Drivers stopping at green lights would cripple our transportation system.

You profess: "I've got some issues with a couple of themes that are running through "liberal" and "conservative" posts on this thread." OK...we can all see in your subsequent rant that you don't adhere to the conservative ideal, so when do you plan to reveal your displeasure with the 'liberal' side of the coin? Is it possible that you were simply trying to frame yourself as a neutral, thoughtful, moderate in that first sentence when it is so blatantly obvious you are not? I can (somewhat)respect a liberal or left-wing poster who freely admits his/her bias before - or after stating their opinion. But I have no tolerance for someone who wraps themself in the cloak of moderation only to then breathe fire down the opposite side of the fence. Weak. Oh yea; welcome to the site.

Three Fingers.

The link you left was great. But it still seems a strange coincedence that the annual periphelion matches so closely to the annual axis-tilt (seasonal) cycle, and the article doesn't really get into the physics. If I were to guess, I would say it is some astro-gyroscopic formula. Like spinning a top and watching the way it's tilt cycle and wobbles match the circle it paints on the floor? This could also explain why the moon's rotation almost exactly matches it's orbit around Earth? (Hence, why we never see the "dark" side of the moon.) Any physicists out there?